Luggage-carrier or package-holder



No. 622,722. Patented Apr. H, I899.

S. E. SMITH. LUGGAGE CARRIER AND PACKAGE HOLDER.

(Application filed 0015.6, 1898.)

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S. E. SMITH.

LUGGAGE CARRIER AND PACKAGE HOLDER.

(Application filed Oct. 6, 1898.)

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LUGGAGE-CARRIER OR PACKAGE-HOLDER.

.EEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,722, dated April 11, 1899. Application filed October 6, 1898. Serial No 692,776. (Nomodel.)

T at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH ELIZABETH SMITH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luggage Carriers orPackage-Holders, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to luggage carriers or package-holders forbicycles and similar vehicles; and the object thereof is to provide animproved device of this class, which consists of a flexible bag adaptedto be suspended from the handle-bar and which may be drawn up orcontracted into a compact form when not in use by means of draw-stringsin the sides and bottom thereof and which may be extended for usewhenever desired by simply loosening said draw-strings.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a backView of my improved luggage-carrier or package-holder; Fig. 2, a1ongitudinal section on the line 2 2 of- Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a transversesection on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4:, a side view of the frontpart of a bicycle-frame with my improved luggagecarrier suspendedtherefrom and ready for use,and Fig. 5 a similar view showing theluggage-carrier drawn up into a compact form beneath the handlebars.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in eachof the views, and in the practice of. my invention I provide a bag 7,which is composed of cloth, canvas,'leather, or any suitable flexiblematerial and which comprises a back 8, a front 9, sides 10, and a bottom11, and whichis open at the upper end.

Passed longitudinally around the bottom of the bag and carried up overthe front and back and secured thereto is a strap 12, having a buckle 13at one end, and the back of the bag is provided with a flap 14, which isadapted to be folded forwardly over the open upper end of the bag, andthefront end of the strap 12 is adapted to be connected with the buckle13, and the flap 14E may be thus held over the open upper end of thebag, as shown in Fig. 4 and as indicated in Fig. 2. I may, however, passthe strap 15 over the central portion of the handle-bar, so as to steadythe bag, as shown in Fig. 4:, in which position it will also hold theflap 14. The bag 7 is also provided at each of its back upper cornerswith straps 16 and 16, by which it may be suspended from the handle-bar17 as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Each side of the bag is folded inwardly longitudinally, as shown at 18in Fig. 3, and the sides of these folds and the sides of the front andback adjacent thereto are provided with corresponding eyelets '19.

The front and back of the bag, near the lower end, are folded upwardlyand inwardly, as shown at in Fig. 2, and the folded portions thus formedare provided with eyelets 21, similar to the eyelets 19, and a draw-cord22 is passed through all of these eyelets and extends entirely aroundthe bag except at the top, and inside of each side of the top ispreferably secured a ring or similar device 23, with which the ends ofthe draw-cord 22 may be connected when the bag is in use.

Secured transversely of the back of the bag is another strap 24, bywhich the bag when in use may be secured to the upright tubular head 25of the frame of the vehicle, as shown in Fig. 4, and the operation willbe readily understood from the foregoing description when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the following statementthereof.

When the bag is not in use, it is drawn up wardly by the draw-cord 22 orthe separate ends thereof, said ends being tied together, so as to holdsaid bag in the position shown in Fig. 5, and when said bag is desiredfor use the draw-cord is loosened or the separate ends thereofdisconnected, when the bag at once falls into the position shown in Fig.4, when the articles to be placed therein may be inserted into the upperopen end thereof, as will be readily understood.

In place of the ring 23, as shown in Fig. 1, for securing the ends ofthe draw-cord a loop or other device 26, as shown in Fig. 4, may beemployed.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the straps 16 are shown provided with buckles insteadofthe straps 16, as shown in Fig. 1, and the straps 16 are much shorterthan the corresponding straps shown in Fig. 1,-and it will be apparentthat many other changes in and modifications of the construction hereindescribed may be made without departing from the spirit of my inventionor sacrificing its advantages.

My improved luggage-carrier or packageholder is simple in constructionand operation and is well adapted to accomplish the result for which itis intended and is also comparatively inexpensive.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A luggage-carrier or package-holder for bicyclesand similar vehicles, comprising a bag of flexible material open at thetop and closed at the sides and bottom, means connected therewith forsuspending said bag from the handle-bar, a flap adapted to close thetop, and a draw-cord passed through and around the-sides and the bottomof said bag, and the ends of which are at the top thereof, whereby saidbag may be drawn up into a compact form when not in use, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. A luggage-carrier for bicycles and similar vehicles, comprising a bagopen at the top and provided with means for suspending it from thehandle-bar, of a bicycle or similar vehicle, and a draw-cord passedthrough and around the sides and bottom of said bag, and by means ofwhich said bag may be drawn into compact form when not in use, the sidesof said bag being inwardly plaited, and the draw-cord being passedthrough said plaits, substantially as shown and described.

A device of the class herein described, comprising a bag, meansconnected therewith for suspending said bag from the handle-bar of abicycle and a draw-cord passed around the bottom and sides of said bagby means of which said bag may be drawn up into COlllpact form when notin use, said bag being also open at the top and provided with a flap,and a central strap which passes around the bottom and front and backthereof, substantially as shown and described.

t. A device of the class herein described, oomprisingabag, meansconnected therewith for suspending said bag from the handle-bar of abicycle, and a draw-cord passed around the bottom and sidesof said bagby means of which said bag may be drawn up into compact form when not inuse, said bag being also open at the top and provided with a flap, and acentral strap which passes around the bot tom'thereof, and the back ofwhich is also provided with a transverse strap, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in pres ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 1st day ofOctober, 1898.

SARAH ELIZABETH SMITH.

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CHAS. H; LEMMON, HARRIET A. LEMMON.

